{"product_id":"9798765105269","title":"Rethinking Kerouac: Afterlives, Continuities, Reappraisals","description":"Author: Sawczuk, Tomasz; Mortenson, Erik\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9798765105269\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Feb 2025\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis long overdue reevaluation of Jack Kerouac gives fresh perspectives on his unique literary output, his vexed relation to issues of race, class, and gender, as well as his continuing cultural afterlife. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays by esteemed Beat commentators reassesses of one of the 20th century's most emblematic but often misunderstood American writers. Despite amassing a substantial body of influential work and becoming a recognizable icon globally, Kerouac has often suffered critical neglect, and this volume seeks to offer a range of fresh perspectives on his unique artistic output as well as his continuing cultural afterlife. \u003cbr\u003eThrough an examination of classic texts like \u003ci\u003eOn the Road\u003c\/i\u003e to more obscure ones like \u003ci\u003ePic\u003c\/i\u003e, these essays recalibrate our understanding of the writer by placing his creative output into dialogue with current cultural issues to provide a rethinking of how concerns such as race, gender relations, artificial intelligence, populist rhetoric, and queerness inform his work and its contemporary reception. These essays also examine how the peculiarities of global circulation and social media influence the ongoing cultural appropriation of Kerouac in popular music, literature, and online. \u003cbr\u003eThrough these varied approaches, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Kerouac- Afterlives, Continuities\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e Reappraisals \u003c\/i\u003eprovides an indispensable account of the continued relevance of both Kerouac the writer and Kerouac the cultural icon in the 21st century.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46643193282718,"sku":"UBD-9798765105269","price":44.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9798765105269.jpg?v=1774483651","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9798765105269","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}